Category: General

4-day IGATEX in April
Daily Times

KARACHI: More than 500 local and international companies of garment, textile and leather machinery and accessories from 30 countries will participate in IGATEX-2014 at Karachi Expo Centre from April 26 to 29, said spokesman of the organisers on Tuesday.

Sri Lankan minister of development and investment, Rohitha Bogollagama, would visit IGATEX 2014 and also participate in the roundtable conference along with many international textile machinery manufacturers associations. The roundtable conference would discuss the role of technology in the development of the textile industry in Pakistan and South Asia under free trade environment Read more about 4-day IGATEX in April …

Second hand garment vibes
Corante

Linz native Martin Mairinger’s USED Clothing shown here won an Honorary Mentions award at Ars Electronica 2005.
networked_performance reports:
Clothes are an expression of an individual’s identity. The way a person dresses is almost always directly connected to his/her lifestyle, worldview and self-image. “OK, then why not use clothing even more intensely as a medium?” mused Martin Mairinger.

tification (RFID) chip to which the wearer can save information about himself/herself is sewn into each garment. When the item of clothing—for instance, a jacket, pair of pants or T-shirt—is sold at a special second-hand shop, the buyer can access this information online and find out about the garment’s past. Read more about Second hand garment vibes …

Ethiopia: A Glance At the Garment Industry
Filagot Sileshi/ AllAfrica.com

The garment industry in the country has become one of the most growing industries. Many business people are engaged in the industry and have become successful. Despite its huge potential and strategic significance, the sector is still at an embryonic stage of development. That is, the performance of the sector is very low.

Ato Elias Meshesha, general manager of Spectrum Garment Industry, who has worked in the garment industry for the past thirty years and is an expert on the subject, said that garment industries in their country are still in their infancy Read more about Ethiopia: A Glance At the Garment Industry …

LaSalle High School to open in 2014

JENA, La. LaSalle High School students attending class in a former garment factory could be out of that building by August 2014.
Parts of the high school damaged in a November 2004 tornado will be refurbished, and other parts will be reconstructed.

The school board unanimously voted last night to give Superintendent Roy Breithaupt the authority to advertise for bids once the district’s insurance company and the State Fire Marshal approve the new construction Read more about LaSalle High School to open in 2014 …

Garment exports up 40 percent in first quarter Vietnam Economic Times The Trade Ministry will register US$500 million in garment and textile export revenue in March, bringing the industry’s exports to almost US$1,367 million in the first quarter of 2014. The quarterly amount represented an increase of 40 percent over the same period last year, […]

Bangladesh : World Bank may finance garment village
March 21, 2014/Fibre2fashion.com

A garment village is proposed to be set up with financial assistance from the World Bank.
The Government and the World Bank will sign a deal by June under which the bank will forward $150 million for infrastructure for the proposed village alongside the Dhaleshwari River in Narayanganj.

Executive Chairman of Board of Investment (BoI) Mahmudur Rahman told reporters after finalizing the deal that two to three years will be required in developing infrastructure and utility facilities Read more about Bangladesh : World Bank may finance garment village …

Textile and garment exports to the US to be facilitated
VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam

VietNamnet Bridge – The Ministry of Trade’s issuance of permits for textile and garment exports to the US beginning on Mar. 15 does not cause any difficulties to businesses or their limit volumes of exported products, according to managers, economists and relevant businesses.

Talking with the Thuong Mai (Commerce) newspaper, Deputy Trade Minister Le Danh Vinh said that the permits are issued online in a simple and transparent manner. Read more about Textile and garment exports to the US to be facilitated …

Big changes on the factory floor
ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada

Management, union officials working together to find ways to ensure garment plant’s survival
By ELLEN SIMON The Associated Press

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — The two might seem as unlikely together as a hand-stitched double-breasted suit jacket with a pair of work pants: Anthony Sapienza, the son of a factory manager, and Warren Pepicelli, who grew up on the union side, pounding the pavement as a business agent in Boston, walking from one of the city’s 60 women’s garment factories to another. Read more about Big changes on the factory floor …

Ten years on, Vietnam again excites foreign investors
Turkish Press

For the second time in a decade, investors are flocking to Vietnam attracted by rave reports about its hard-working, literate and low cost workforce and the country’s dynamic economic growth.

Ten years ago the hype soon fizzled as many foreign companies found out the hard way that Asia’s latest “tiger” had yet to change its command economy stripes, even before the buzz was dealt a fatal blow by the 1997 Asian crisis Read more about Ten years on, Vietnam again excites foreign investors …

BGMEA inspects 120 factories to ensure fire safety measures
News From Bangladesh
Sunday March 19 2014 09:44:16 AM BDT

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), the apex body of the country’s apparel industry, has so far inspected 120 of its member factories under the ongoing drive to pursue the industrial units to be equipped with fire safety measures, reports UNB.

During the inspection, the BGMEA awarded penalty to some factories on charge of allowing child labour. Read more about BGMEA inspects 120 factories to ensure fire safety measures …